Sheryl Crow has revealed that an armed man had “barged onto her property” after she posted a now-viral video of her promoting her Tesla in protest of Elon Musk.
The “If It Makes You Happy” hitmaker, 63, shared a clip on social media through which she fortunately waved goodbye to her electrical automotive in February because it was towed away from her Nashville, Tenn., dwelling.
Crow divided followers when she stated that she would donate the cash to NPR after the radio community obtained criticism from the Tesla founder when the Division of Authorities Effectivity seemed to slash funding.
On Wednesday, the 9-time Grammy winner revealed that she found an armed man contained in the barn of her distant, 50-acre property.
“This feels different, because when I came out against Walmart carrying guns, not everybody was armed — and certainly I didn’t live in Tennessee, where everybody is armed,” she advised Selection.
“So yeah, there was a moment where I actually really felt very afraid: A man got on my property, in my barn, who was armed. It doesn’t feel safe when you’re dealing with people who are so committed.”
Nonetheless, Crow admitted she “can’t help” however assume she would publish the identical video yet again regardless of the frosty response, particularly as a mother of two adopted sons. (Crow is mother to Wyatt, 18, and Levi, 15.)
“I feel like I’m fighting for my kids. Also, that’s the way I was raised,” she stated. “There have been times when it hasn’t really been fun, but I follow my Atticus Finch dad; I’m very similar to him if I see something that seems unfair, you know?”
In 1996, Walmart banned Crow’s titular second album from its shops when she name-dropped the retail large promoting weapons in her hit tune “Love Is A Good Thing.”
Crow’s lyrics talked about, “Watch out, sister, watch out, brother. Watch our children while they kill each other. With a gun they bought at Walmart discount stores.”
Elsewhere, the “All I Wanna Do” singer stated she doesn’t remorse swapping Los Angeles for Nashville in 2003 — however famous that her views don’t all the time align with these of her extra conservative neighbors.
“Tennessee is a hard place for me. I mean, I struggle,” she advised the outlet. “I call my representatives [in Congress] every single morning — Andy Ogles and Marsha Blackburn hear from me every day — because we have to stand up and be vocal and fight for the future for our kids.”
“I do think, ‘Are they laughing?’ But it’s like what Jimmy Carter said, As long as there’s legal bribery, we won’t ever have fair elections,” the Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer went on.
“So we have to keep raising our voices and showing up to these organized rallies.”
Crow was hit with mass backlash after she dramatically bid adieu to her black Tesla in protest of “President Musk” in February.
“My parents always said… you are who you hang out with,” Crow, 63, wrote on Instagram together with the viral clip. “There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.”
The “Soak Up the Sun” singer didn’t say how a lot she raked in by pawning off the Tesla — the least costly of which begin at $42,000 — however promised to provide all of the money to the radio community.
